Conservatives are digging in, urging their GOP colleagues to stay in town to vote for proposals to defund President Biden's vaccine mandates as senators struggle to get a deal to quickly pass a bill to avert a government shutdown.
Democrats are trying to regroup as they head toward November with their biggest legislative priority stalled and polls showing that voters are in a sour mood.
President Biden on Monday marked the fourth anniversary of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School by calling on Congress to pass gun-control legislation.